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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 49: The raft across the Yamunā. The brothers build a raft for Sītā, she crosses and prays at the banyan to see Kausalyā & Sumitrā again

In the sequence: farther along the route, the brothers kill a number of deer fit for sacrifice, and the party camps on a level riverbank.

2.49.14

krośamātraṃ tato gatvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
bahūn medhyān mṛgān hatvā ceratur yamunāvane

Then, having gone a krośa farther, the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa killed many deer fit for sacrifice and roamed about in the Yamunā's forest.

Words: krośamātraṃ — just a krośa; tato — then, from there; gatvā — having gone; bhrātarau — the two brothers; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; bahūn — many; medhyān — pure, fit for sacrifice; mṛgān — deer, game; hatvā — having killed; ceratur — roamed about; yamunāvane — in the Yamunā forest

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.